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Press
Release published by the Office of Public Affairs & Publications

Princeton
Review's 'Best 237 Business Schools' puts SFSU in top 10

SAN FRANCISCO,
December 20, 2005 -- The 2006 edition of the Princeton
Review's "Best 237 Business Schools" ranks the San Francisco
State University College of Business as third on its top 10 list of
MBA schools offering "Greatest Opportunity for Minority Students."

"The
College of Business offers its students a rich experience which mirrors
the global world in which they will live and work," Dean
Nancy Hayes said. "We believe both our ethnically and racially
diverse student body and faculty contribute significantly to the
value of the students educational experience and better prepares
them for
the opportunities they will pursue throughout their business careers."

The
ranking was based on statistical information submitted by the business
schools and the opinions of 11,000 students at 143 schools.
Opportunities
for minority student are evaluated on five criteria:

percent
of students from minorities;

percent
of faculty from minorities;

student
assessment of resources for minority students;

student
assessment of how supportive the culture is of minority students;
and

student
assessment of whether fellow students are ethnically and racially
diverse.

At SFSU,
25 percent of College of Business students are minorities as is 40
percent of the college faculty.

The Princeton
Review profile of SFSU's College of Business also includes
anonymous comments from students and recent alumni.

"Having
received my undergraduate degree from a small private college that
touted its 'diversity,' I was unsure what to expect from a larger
state school," One student wrote. "But the diversity of
the students in my classes is amazing. This is what my private undergrad
college was trying to accomplish."

The college
attracts an ethnically and racially diverse student body from across
California and the
United States and a high number of
international students. According to the Princeton Review profile,
40 percent of
SFSU's MBA students are international students.

Overall,
San Francisco State University has more international students than
any other master's degree-granting institution in the United States,
according to 2004-05 figures released in November by the Institute
of
International Education. Almost half of SFSU's international students
are in the College of Business.

The College
of Business offers traditional MBA and MSBA programs on its main campus
and Executive MBA programs
in downtown San Francisco and
Redwood City.

Accredited
by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business,
SFSU's College of Business enrolls
nearly 4,200 undergraduate
and 715 graduate students. Each year the College of Business awards
more business degrees than Stanford, University of California,
Berkeley and
University of San Francisco combined. All of its full-time faculty
members hold doctoral degrees, and most have experience with commercial
enterprises
and engage in applied business research.